Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Joey 924, Jobber Joe, The Byron, Pat McDermott and Sienna Duvall discuss RAW in Philly, Rock, Cena, CM Punk, TNA, A Double, Walking Dead, The crew picks their top 5 Mania matches of all time. Shane Douglas crashes Raw and then is ejected and moreRoundtable Wrestling Radio is a pro wrestling and pop culture podcast.Contact us at roundtablewrestlingradio@gmail.cominteract on the Official Roundtable Wrestling Radio group page on facebook

BRAND NEW AUDIO JUNK -Click to listen -mixing everything from new Matthew Shipp,classic Steel Pulse to samples from shows like the Wire,Treme,1950's Dark City and more

Sunday, March 18, 2012

In the month of April WWE Classics on Demand will be covering the 80s,

I hope to see more Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

or Mid South

etc and hopefully a Legends of Wrestling episode featuring the 80s would be nice.

Ring of Honor thoughts- once again Dem Boys cut another great promo- love the feud between them and Haas and Benjamin . Also glad to see Lance Storm cutting a promo setting up his match against Mike Bennett

Smackdown random thoughts - "I don't get it.the dress just looks so much better on the mannequin"-Daniel Bryan dissing his gf AJ- That mannequin must of been smokin'.Daniel Bryan is superb as a heel. Very good main event between Jericho and Sheamus.

I liked the remix of the Rock and Cena thing with the pictures and whatnot thrown in. I liked the Orton and Kane promo. While it did not include Orton strumming a banjo or Kane dropping science on Columbus, it gave a reason for the match and while it was a stretch it helped give more insight into why Kane donned the mask again.

Tonight is the Victory Road PPV from TNA - I admit I am not planning on watching - more interested in Norfolk State game at 6:15 - yes I am on the bandwagon- should be fun.And of course tonight is the zombie siege on Living Dead's season finale + the aftermath of the death of Mike Delfino on Desperate Housewives. But here is the opening video for the PPV.

And now a new feature- the film noir of the week- each week I will post links to noir classics that are on YouTube

Random TV thoughts - If 21 Jump Street featured Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec- I would be watching that movie. Green fries- sounds horrible. After an at least 2 season build for the Erin and Andy love story- the actual kiss felt anti-climatic, ironically the UK version of the show ended after the Jim and Pam(I think they had different names-been awhile since I have seen it) kissed- the original UK run only ran 2 short seasons and an Xmas special.

I have really enjoyed this season of Walking Dead- but the AMC show I am amped about is the return of Mad Men on March 25.

Flesh (1932) starring Wallace Beery as the loveable lug Polakai who is a pro wrestling champion in Germany. He falls for a grifter who is pregnant with a conman’s baby. Eventually he moves over to the United States. When he approaches the American promoters Polakai is angered because he does not want to wrestle “crooked” and be dishonest for the people. Of course the conman steps in as his manager and convinces his partner to make Polakai play along if you see this on TMC- the drinking game to play is to take a shot every time you hear someone say “SEE”. You can order this DVD from TMC online. It is not for everyone and very dated of course. But it is interesting seeing the backstage dynamics of wrestling as portrayed by Hollywood in the 1930s. Most of the movie is based on the relationship between Beery’s character and the grifter Laura and her con artist love interest. The plot is typical of several boxing movies where the boxer is doing well and then advised to loose- this time it is wrestling. B

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Charlton Heston is the lead character in this fleece and run flick. Dark City is a typical 1950 noir flick with an above average cast that includes Jack Webb playing it up as an evil gutless conman, joined by Ed Begley and Harry Morgan as the kind-hearted ex pugilist. Heston recruits an out of town mark to play cards with his gang of layabouts after his gambling den is raided by the cops for the second time. He is pursued by a lounge singer played by noir go-to dame Lizabeth Scott. This is not worth tracking down, however you can see the entire movie on YouTube or Netflix Streaming. The movie has some decent lines and a good score by Franz Waxman. Also look for Cauliflower Ear Club founder Mike Mazurki in the movie. C

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I finally saw Warrior (2011) about the fictional Sparta tournament in Atlantic City. A clearinghouse of action movie cliches, 2 estranged brothers of an alcoholic father come from nowhere to beat 14 top mixed martial artists and face each other in a final that is designed to grab at heart strings while 2 men pound each other in hamburger helper. Kurt Angle has a cameo as Koba a seemingly unstoppable Russian, while this is better than End Game and a slick big budget production this is a pretty empty gesture at making a fight movie, nothing really rings true and the ending is so utterly predictable I can't believe I finished watching. C-

Today @ 5 pm is the ROH 10th Year Anniversary Show live for $9.99 on go fight live.

RIP Doug Furnas , he passed away Saturday at the age of 50.

The infamous Don Muraco versus Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka match is revisited by the Old School Wrestling Podcast this week. Click to listen

One of the top international grapplers Prince Devitt is making a stop in Mexico for CMLL

Need an escape- get on the Wrestle Vessel

Yesterday's escape from wrestling was the 1973 heist flick Charley Varrick starring Walter Matthau as a crop duster and bank robber with Joe Don Baker as a hitman and a cast of character actors. Is this the pinnacle of the genre or the era - nah- but it is a good diversion- now on Netflix Streaming